ARLINGTON -- On Wednesday night, inside the visitors' dugout at Globe Life Park, Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor was apologizing, even though starting pitcher Danny Salazar would not hear it. Mistakes happen, and a defensive lapse by Lindor is as rare a mistake as they come in baseball.
But Lindor's mood was unaffected. His blunder in the fifth inning cost Cleveland big. The shortstop with the famous smile was fuming. When he hit his first home run of the game, a solo shot in the sixth, he scowled his way around the bases.
It was only when he launched a go-ahead grand slam in a five-run ninth, powering the Indians to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers, that he finally relaxed.